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In EU news, German Vice Chancellor and Economy Minister Philipp Roesler has suggested the European Commission making what he terms a “grave mistake” where proposed import duties on imported China solar panels are concerned. However, while Roesler suggests the Commission should bolster trade relations, other experts agree Germany and the EU may well be better served backing off China imports in some areas.
“Please read and agree to Terms & Conditions”: everyone’s favorite phrase when downloading or updating an app. Don’t lie to yourself, you’ve only read about eight combined words in all of those policies you’ve agreed to. Trust us, you’re not alone. Virtually no one reads those things.
Panasonic Corp. has just announced a net loss of $7.46 billion for the year ending in March. The staggering sum is the latest “red ink” horror story for the Japanese electronics giant. Two years of multi-billion dollar losses now threaten one of the world’s most respected tech brands.
Online real estate company Trulia announced today that it has acquired the provider of Software as a Service (SaaS)-based customer relationship management (CRM) software Market Leader for approximately USD 355 million, “or an implied price of $11.33 per share.” The resulted company will have around 46,000 premium subscribers, meaning “more than any other online real estate marketplace” and will offer functionality to the entire chain, creating value for for franchisors, brokerages, agents and consumers alike.
You might not think about this often, but broadcasting on the Internet includes some risk—How safe are you when you use social networks like Twitter? How much personal information about you is available online? Could posting on Twitter make you more likely to become one of the millions of Americans hurt by identity theft? When [...]
Beyond Verbal, a company with patented tech than enables full spectrum human emotion decoding, has hired Ronn Torossian’s 5WPR as their US agency of record (AOR).
Did you get your Google Glass test unit yet? If not, then you’re simply not cool at all. At least this is the sense most of the online world must have seeing the likes of Robert Scoble or Pete Cashmore among the 8,000 “explorers,” people picked by Google to wear the first ones of these massively anticipated wearable smart toys. Okay, maybe more than toys.
While Google takes you by the hand and leads you with a smile to pictures of kittens and puppies, while you laugh at the latest Grumpy Cat meme, while you skip down the aisles of e-commerce buying baseball cards and gumdrops, the Deep Web lies beneath.
Yesterday I made a critical misjudgment. I downloaded McAfee Total Protection out of frustration over Norton 360. I know, I know, you are asking the big question. But let me tell you, Norton was driving me crazy. Not like the last two days though. McAfee, you must be punished.
Foursquare seems to be the best, and most popular geo-location app worldwide, and their growth is justified. With virtually unlimited financial resources, we expect Foursquare to grow even more.
